Subject: bug#13468: closed (Re: bug#13468: 24.2.92; Doc of `random' fails to mention string arguments)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 02:09:02 +0000

Your bug report

#13468: 24.2.92; Doc of `random' fails to mention string arguments

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#13468: 24.2.92; Doc of `random' fails to mention string arguments
From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:08:11 -0500
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Version: 24.2.93

Done.

Subject: 24.2.92; Doc of `random' fails to mention string arguments
From: Michael Heerdegen <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:40:02 +0100
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Hi,

from the elisp manual:

 -- Function: random &optional limit
     [...]
     If LIMIT is a string, it means to choose a new seed based on the
     string's contents.

That's what it does for me, I think.  However, the docstring of `random'
does not mention string values.  Due to the docstring, strings would be
ignored.

Thanks,

Michael.

In GNU Emacs 24.2.92.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.10)
 of 2013-01-16 on drachen
Bzr revision: [email-masked]
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10707000
System Description:	Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 (wheezy)

Configured using:
 `configure '--prefix=/usr/local/built/''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: de_DE.utf8
  value of $LC_TIME: C
  value of $LANG: de_DE.utf8
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t